Page 15 - Standing Alone

A week or so ago I mentioned to you a

man by the name of Balthasar Hubmaier. He

was executed March 10th, 1528, in Vienna,

and I read you this story and gave you his

words at his execution. And even when his

hair and beard began to burn, he cried,

"Jesus, soon," and soon he was dead. Now,

this man was a very intelligent man, a very

educated man. He came out of Catholicism

into Protestantism and then took on the

beliefs of the Baptists during that time. This

man's motto was "Divine truth is immortal,”

and he was put on the stretcher, put on the

racks and stretched by one of his best

friends. Who needs enemies with friends

like that! And he recanted of his beliefs, and

then after that, he recanted of his recant.

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